The body of a woman was found Sunday morning in an alley near 14th Street and 14th Place, just north of Enos Avenue.

The body of a woman was found Sunday morning in an alley near 14th Street and 14th Place, just north of Enos Avenue.

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Updated: 5:52 PM CST Mar 1, 2015

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WEBVTT THIS IS KCCI 8 NEWS AT 5:30. WE BEGIN WITH A DEVELOPING STORY RIGHT NOW IN DES MOINES. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND IN AN ALLEY THIS MORNING. KCCI'S JASON RANTALA IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM NOW WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION. JASON? DES MOINES POLICE SAY A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN AN ALLEY THIS MORNING. THE BODY WAS FOUND AFTER 8:30 A.M. POLICE SAY A NEIGHBOR WAS LEAVING THEIR DRIVEWAY WHEN THEY NOTICED THE BODY. POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A HOMICIDE BUT ARE CONDUCTING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY THAT WHERE SHE WAS FOUND AND EVIDENCE AROUND HER MAKES THE DEATH SUSPICIOUS. THE MAN WHO FOUND THE BODY SAYS THAT SOME OF HER CLOTHING WAS OFF IN SCATTERED AROUND THE YARD. HE ALSO NOTICED AN ABRASION ON HER FOR HEAD. MORE THAN OFTEN, WITH HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS, WE SEE MAJOR TRAUMA. GUNSHOTS, BLUNT FORCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THERE THIS MORNING. SOMETIMES THEY ARE HARDER TO SEE. WHAT THE NEIGHBOR SAYS HE SAW HOURS EARLIER. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, JASON RANTALA, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA'S NEWS LEADER.

Man finds body of woman lying face down in alley

The body of a woman was found Sunday morning in an alley near 14th Street and 14th Place, just north of Enos Avenue.